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King and Queen County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1804-1913, are indexed into the Chancery Records Index. Cases are identified by style of suit consisting of plaintiff and defendant names. Surnames of others involved in a suit, including secondary plaintiffs and defendants, witnesses, deponents and affiants, and family members with surnames different from the plaintiff or defendant are indexed. Chancery causes often involved the following: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, divorces, debt, and business disputes. Predominant documents found in chancery causes include bills (plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, wills, slave records, business records or vital statistics, among other items. Plats, if present, are noted, as are wills from localities with an incomplete record of wills or localities other than the one being indexed

Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history

King and Queen County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1804-1913, are indexed into the Chancery Records Index. Cases are identified by style of suit consisting of plaintiff and defendant names. Surnames of others involved in a suit, including secondary plaintiffs and defendants, witnesses, deponents and affiants, and family members with surnames different from the plaintiff or defendant are indexed. Chancery causes often involved the following: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, divorces, debt, and business disputes. Predominant documents found in chancery causes include bills (plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, wills, slave records, business records or vital statistics, among other items. Plats, if present, are noted, as are wills from localities with an incomplete record of wills or localities other than the one being indexed

Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history

Note

Agency history record describes the history and functions of the Virginia Circuit Court (King and Queen County). Browse search: King and Queen County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Chancery causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are "administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law." A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case.

King and Queen County was named for William III and Mary II, who were called to the English throne in 1688. It was formed from New Kent County in 1691.

Records were lost in courthouse fires in 1828 and 1833. Records were again destroyed by a courthouse fire set by Union troops on 10 March 1864 during the Civil War.

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Form designation

King and Queen County (Va.) Chancery Causes

Location of other archival material

Additional King and Queen County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

King and Queen County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional King and Queen County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Digital Collection.

See the Chancery Records Index found on the Library of Virginia web site for the chancery records of other Virginia localities.

Digital images were generated by Crowley Micrographics through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program

The Chancery Records Index and images for King and Queen County Chancery Causes are available electronically at the web site of the Library of Virginia by clicking the link found in this record

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

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The Library of Virginia

Extent

Digital images.

Governing access note

There are no restrictions

Immediate source of acquisition

Crowley Micrographics

Organization method

Organized by case, of which each is assigned a unique index number comprised of the latest year found in case and a sequentially increasing 3-digit number assigned by the processor as cases for that year are found.

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001580629

Terms governing use

Patrons are to use digital images of King and Queen County Chancery Causes found on the Chancery Records Index available electronically at the website of the Library of Virginia.